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> Side note: Wouldn't it be awesome if composer supported composer.sexpr files natively, so that we would no longer have to write JSON? No, not really. Why the
by chimeracoder 14y ago
> Side note: Wouldn't it be awesome if composer supported composer.sexpr files natively, so that we would no longer have to write JSON? No, not really.
Why the quick dismissal? I find s-expressions much easier to work with than JSON.
- igorw2 14y agoLet me clarify the reason for this. Many people asked for yaml support in composer, and it was shot down. Here's why: Once you start supporting many formats you lose interoperability, as any tooling now needs to support all formats. That is the main reason why composer will not support sexpr.